Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, when his truck crashed into a river. Everyone called it an accident, but Benji knows it was more. Even years later, he’s buried in his grief, throwing himself into managing Big Eddie’s convenience store in the small-town of Roseland,... show more

Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, when his truck crashed into a river. Everyone called it an accident, but Benji knows it was more. Even years later, he’s buried in his grief, throwing himself into managing Big Eddie’s convenience store in the small-town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day to day, struggling to keep his head above water. But Roseland is no ordinary place. With ever more frequent dreams of his father’s death and waking visions of feathers on the river’s surface, Benji finds his definition of reality bending. He thinks himself haunted; by ghosts or memories, he can no longer tell. Not until a man falls from the sky, leaving the burning imprint of wings on the ground, does Benji begin to understand that the world is more mysterious than he ever imagined—and more dangerous. As uncontrollable forces descend on Roseland, they reveal long-hidden truths about friends, family, and the stranger Calliel—a man Benji can no longer live without.

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A tough book to get through since it's quite grief ridden and the pacing can be steady and/or slow at times but totally worth it if you stick it out. I seriously thought my eyes would be puffy for a few days the way I as sniveling from Benji's grief and the tough situations Benji and the gang was su...

DNF at 50%.Let me start off by saying that this book really is beautiful. The writing was at times absolutely captivating.But it is also a book about hurt. And boy, does Benji hurt! He gives new meaning to the word hurt. And although I could understand why he was hurting so much, I almost couldn’t s...

What to say about a book that rips you emotionally on every level and leaves you wanting more. This book did just that for me. An absolutely beautiful book about love, hope, faith and acceptance. While this book is the winner of the 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Best Gay Romance, I have t...

What to say about a book that rips you emotionally on every level and leaves you wanting more. This book did just that for me. An absolutely beautiful book about love, hope, faith and acceptance. While this book is the winner of the 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Best Gay Romance, I have to s...

~ LAMBDA Review by BeverleyIn light of the events in the author’s life over the last six months, this novel becomes even more poignant. It covers the big subjects, life, the universe (literally), death, grief, redemption and love. The bond between a father and his son is presented to us as a beautif...

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